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One-Pan Smothered Pork Chops with creamy mushroom, bacon and fresh thyme sauce. Use boneless pork loin chops. Everything is cooked in one large skillet. Easy recipe. Minimal cleanup. Low carb, high fat, KETO friendly, gluten free recipe.
Why make smothered pork chops
- Tender and moist texture, forget dry pork chop meat. Pork chops are a great cut of meat that can taste really good but they can also be easily overcooked and result in a tough, dry meat. Enter these smothered pork chops. Covered with mushrooms and bacon and a cream sauce with lots of fresh thyme, your creamy pork chops are guaranteed to be tender and moist, and not dry at all. Even if you do overcook them a little, you won't notice it thanks to the creamy sauce.
- Use only one pan. That's right! You use one pan to make these smothered pork chops which minimizes the cleanup.
- 30 minutes cooking time. It's a great recipe for a busy person who wants something easy that tastes like comfort food and looks like something from a good restaurant.
- KETO friendly recipe. This recipe uses ingredients that are high in fat, high in protein, and low in carb. Perfect for those who follow KETO diet. Omit flour for KETO friendly version.
- Gluten free recipe. Use gluten free flour to make this recipe gluten free. In fact, I've made this recipe with gluten free flour because I am gluten free.
Substitutions
- I use heavy cream. You can also use cream of mushroom instead.
- I use regular white button mushrooms. You can also use cremini mushrooms, portobello, shiitake.
Why this pork chop recipe is KETO friendly
- This recipe contains heavy creamy and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
- Mushrooms are low-carb and a great way to add flavor to keto recipe.
- Pork chops are high in fat and high in protein, yet low in carbs. A perfect KETO friendly ingredient.
- Omit the flour. To make this recipe KETO friendly, simply omit 2 tablespoons of flour for browning the pork chops.
What is also great is that you use only basic, common ingredients to make this dish. Just take a look at this picture. These are all the ingredients that go into this recipe:
Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops are not only delicious, they also are great meal to make if you have company. Why? Because they are easy to make. And, because they look amazing, without too much effort:
Side dishes to serve with smothered pork chops
Because there is so much creaminess and so much meat in this recipe, I suggest that you serve simple cooked spinach, or steamed asparagus with this dish. Or other cooked greens. Mashed potatoes, or easy scalloped potatoes are also great side dishes to go with these smothered pork chops. I also suggest that you try this really easy Asiago cheese roasted broccoli recipe - you can roast the broccoli in the oven while your creamy pork chops are cooked on the stove top and you can use any cheese you like, such as Parmesan cheese, not just Asiago.
Other creamy pork chop recipes
Boneless Pork Chops in Creamy Garlic & Herb Wine Sauce - one skillet dish ready in less than 30 minutes! Made with dry white wine, juice of a fresh lemon, garlic and thyme, these pork chops are super juicy and packed with flavor.
Boneless Pork Chops in Creamy Irish Whiskey Sauce - simply sear the pork chops in the pan, toss with mushrooms and smother with a delicious creamy sauce with Irish Whiskey and a bit of Worcestershire sauce!
Other KETO friendly recipes
- Low Carb Creamy Pork Chops in Parmesan Sauce
- Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Chicken Bake
- Bacon Cream Cheese Cheddar Chicken
Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 6 strips bacon , uncooked
- 2 lb pork loin chops , boneless (3 or 4 pork chops, depending on size)
- salt and pepper
- 8 oz mushrooms , sliced
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme , just leaves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons flour (use gluten free flour for gluten free version, omit flour to make it KETO friendly)
- ⅔ cup chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Chop bacon into smaller bites. In a large skillet, cook on medium heat until the bacon is cooked. Remove bacon from the pan to a plate, leaving the fat in.
- Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In the same pan, on high-medium heat, cook pork chops for 4 minutes on each side in bacon fat, until nicely seared. Reduce heat to medium midway through cooking. Remove the pork chops to a plate from the pan.
- Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic to the same pan. If needed, add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring, until mushrooms soften and release juices. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of flour all over the mushrooms, and stir the flour in on medium heat.
- Add chicken broth and raise the heat to bring to boil, constantly stirring. You should have a smooth slurry from the flour and the chicken broth. Add heavy cream and stir it in while boiling until everything is smooth. Then reduce heat to low.
- Add back the pork chops and the bacon. Cook on low heat, covered, until the pork chops are cooked through.
- To serve, top pork chops with mushroom and bacon mixture and with more fresh thyme leaves.
Nutrition
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I made this for dinner. Delicious!! I had breaded pork chops, light cream and omitted the bacon. I squeezed fresh lemon over the dish when it was finished. A nice extra zing!!!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Love the addition of freshly squeezed lemon juice!
Very yummy!!! Servrd with green bean casserole
I am glad you enjoyed this dish! 🙂 Great idea to serve this over the green bean casserole.
Great dish! Served with butternut squash so not totally. Keto but good. Next time with zoo flea or spaghetti squash
I am glad you liked this recipe!
What is the serving size?
The whole recipe makes 4 servings.
This dinner was absolutely amazing and I’m so happy it fits my Keto Diet! It taste so good it feels like a cheat day lol! People should really give this a try! I made it with a side of broccoli and cheese. I omitted the flower, and I did not have chicken broth so I used my beef broth, still tasted great! I also seasoned my pork chops with Season All and Cumin, along with the salt and pepper. This was also super quick! I’m a working college student and the quickness of the recipe fits my schedule well!
Thank you, Nicole, for such a kind and thoughtful comment! So glad you enjoyed this dish! Serving broccoli as a side dish is a wonderful idea!
This recipe was SO DELICIOUS. The only thing was that there was not enough liquids to have a good enough sauce. We doubled the chicken broth and cream. Has that ever happened for you?
So glad you tried this recipe and enjoyed it! Sometimes, I also like to double the sauce, especially if I serve this with rice or angel hair pasta.
What can you substitute the mushrooms with??
It's hard to find a substitute for mushrooms. What I am going to suggest is not a substitute, but an alternative that will work well with this sauce. Use sun-dried tomatoes and/or spinach.
OMGosh this was so good. The mushroom/bacon sauce over the boneless pork chops was amazing and I love mushrooms. Always good to find new recipes to keep it different and we also tried your Easy Scallop Potatoes as a side that was the bomb too.
Your comments made my day! So glad you tried both recipes and enjoyed them!
Can you use rosemary instead? Thats all i have
Yes, you could use rosemary instead of thyme.
Recipe was great! also cam you tell me the name of sound track from facebook post?
What is heavy cream. Is it double cream
BB
Yes, use double cream for this recipe.
Looks and sounds delicious. I've cooked various versions of this over the years. A small can of condensed cream of mushroom soup with some dry white wine used to clean the can out works wonderfully well too! I normally start the seasoned loin steaks ( I'm from the UK so that's what I call 'em :~) ) in a hot pan with a knob of butter and some olive oil. Once one side has got some caramelisation going on, I flip them over for about a minute then pour the stock/broth over then cover and cook for 10 minutes or so in the pre heated oven @ gas 5/ 375F/190C/170C Fan. I remove the steaks to a plate and keep covered and warm while sauteeing the bacon & mushrooms in the stock/broth and meat juices, adding thyme and dried oregano along with the condensed soup and wine. I let it all bubble away gently then add the loin steaks for a further minute or so. Serve and enjoy. It also works well using chicken legs.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment and feedback! There so many ways to prepare delicious pork chops. Using a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup and adding oregano are both excellent ideas!
My teenage son and I made this tonight for dinner with my husband. It was absolutely delicious! We did not use the flour. Thank you so much for a wonderful low carb recipe! We're already looking forward to making it again!
So happy you liked it! Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment!
Going to make this tonight however I'm going to substitute for almond or coconut flour.
Those are great substitutes for regular flour in this recipe!
Was going to make this for dinner!! I have everything but chicken broth. Is there something else I could use in exchange? Thanks!!
For this particular recipe, if you don't have chicken broth, just increase the amount of heavy cream in increments until the sauce acquires the desired consistency. Or, you can use a vegetable broth.
Is the 6g of carbs per serving without the added flour
Curious about this too...
6 grams of carbs per serving include the flour. The whole recipe calls for only 2 tablespoons of flour.
I hade this with a twist. I put it in a cover casserole once all of the stove top browning a sauce making was done. I cooked at 350 for 30 minute and then reduced to 225 and cooked until the pork was falling apart.
Your version sounds delicious!